The
Negrenses, alternatively called
Negrosanon, are people born and are residents of
Negros Island Region. Years of migration in Negros Island have created a mix of people and languages, with the western shore comprising
Negros Occidental and
Bacolod City having a
Hiligaynon-speaking majority, while the eastern shore comprised
Negros Oriental, having a
Cebuano-speaking majority. The native Buglas Bukidnon and Aeta peoples, with their interactions and intermarriage with recent migrants from Antique and Iloilo, speaking a variant of
Karay-a. The general area of
Metro Bacolod is noted to speak a dialect of Hiligaynon called
Bacolodnon.